The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
WESTERN.

An Alton train was stopped near
Independence, No, by man who rode on the
baggage car, and who fired on the brakemen
and engineer, but missed them. 1t is assert
ed that conspiracy to rob the train had been
effected, but that the desperate who was TO
give his confederates the cue was carried past
the cut where they were concealed
Six business buildings at Alliance,
Ohio, were destroyed by fire, and two other
structures were badly damaged The loss is
$4,000, with about $40, 600 insurance.
A man named Halves shot and killed
j. NJ. Berry, saloon-keeper at Flagstaff,
Arizona, for interfering in quarrel between
Halves, his brother. and another man. Half
an hour after the murder, twenty citizens cap
tured the two brothers and shot them dead
Berry was known as peaceable man. The
Halves brothers were disreputable.
A grand wolf-hunt, participated in by
over 1900 men and boys, recently came off in
Douglas County, Illinois, which is thus de-
scribed in a dispatch to the Chicago Tribune:
For the last year wolves have been destroy
ing sheep and hogs in that township, as many
as twelve wolves in pack being sighted at
time. The scene OF the hunt, or the haunts OF
the wolves, was the large pasture and woods OF
Andrew Gwinn and Il number OF other farms.
Gwinn's pasture and woods contain 5000 acres.
Four different lines of men, Under charge OF
captains, were organized, when the hounds,
some 100 i'll number, were turned loose.
No was allowed TO carry fire.
arms. The first wolf started was by the Oak
land party and after an exciting chase it was
killed by Captain Frank Pearce as IT was at
tempting TO break through the lines. The next
wolf started was by the Brushy Fork contingent
in open field OF over 1000 acres, with no
fences to annoy dogs and hunters, and the most
exciting chase OF the day was here enjoyed.
The greyhounds were not fleet enough OF foot
10 come up with his wolfship, and the only
animal. dog or horse, that could equal him
in speed was the monster black bloodhound OF
pioneer hunter Captain John Sweezy of
Brushy Fork Backward and forward for fully
half half all hour, over the level field, sped the
wolf, pursued by an army of horsemen and
scores Of dogs, until finally the bloodhound
overhauled him, and n desperate fight ensued,
in which the hound came out victorious. and
the second carcass was carried at the head Of
the column by the horsemen TO show q
trophy The shouting and noise made by
the hunters during the progress Of the
chase could seemingly have been heard several
miles The column advancing presented n
grand spectacle, and much resembled all army
as il stretched over the country for IL distance
OF two miles but the final roundup was not as
successful as twas hoped for, though the days
sport was fine as whole. The wolves after
being chased a while would in some way es-
cape through the lines. The whole number
that escaped was thirteen, by actual count, be-
sides fox. About fifteen hundred Of the sports
men were on foot under the command Of cap
tains, while fully 900 were on horseback.
A frightful tragedy is reported by
telegraph from Cleveland, Ohio:
james Cabalek 10 a well-to-do carpenter, liv-
ing on Independence street, near the city limits.
Thursday morning he and his son went TO work
shortly before o clock. The mother Antoinettc,
had been out of temper at the breakfast table,
and had refused to talk to her husband Directly
after breakfast she sent Henry, her To-
yenr-old son, TO n grocery near by, and still an-
other son 10 n milk depot. When they returned,
they could not get into the house. Going into
the back yard, they saw james, Is years old, in
cll set, bleeding from sixteen wounds in his
left side. They hastened away and called their
older brother, who ad gone OF with the father
and, returning the three boys forced an entrance
10 the house. They discovered Tony, al S-year-
old girl, bleeding from dozen cuts in Lef left
SIDE. On the floor near by were Mamie, years
old Antoinette, years old, and Willie, 3
months old, all dead from dreadful stabs near
the heart bloody pair Of shears told the
story, hunt was made for the mother. She
was found in the cellar, hanging from rafter
dead She had killed her three children, NOR
tally injured two others, and had then suicded
The two children who were still alive were re-
moved to neighbors house. but they will die
No cause for the terrible deed s given. The
husband does not think that his wife was in-
sane.
The Detroit Driving Club, having
withdrawn from the National Trotting Asso-
citation, has issued call for meeting in Feb
ruary, to form new association.
Representatives of several packing
houses in Kansas City have made arrange
ments to ship their goods to Europe by way Of
Memphis and New Orleans Warehouses for
this trade are to be constructed in the latter
city by steamship company.
A Kansas City special says: "a. X.
Cutting, the Texas editor, is in the city, and
intends to deliver n lecture on his peculiar
experience. He believes that Manning and
sedgwick we're knocked out by an fhsidious
Mexican drink known as telequa, which has
such effect upon pilgrim thai he would
rob a. church. Cutting has divorced wife
living in this city. He says that his filibus-
tering expedition is growing in importance"